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PhilC wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 1:14 pm Took ya long enough. Did you best RJ? I cant remember :lol:
Don't know Phil... if you consider when@exxos received his boards he was pretty quick considering he had to straiten out some of the fooPAWS from the company that partially build the boards. :D :D :D
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I think I spent a day finishing off the boards... I think the next day was packing them off and finishing orders to send the way... The next day one working I guess....

Going to try and get it all working tomorrow, I need to get back to the IDE boards now...
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It's aliveeeeeeeeee #2

and

It's aliveeeeeeeeee #3

:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :girldance: :girldance: :girldance:

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exxos wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:57 pm :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :girldance: :girldance: :girldance:
Nice job, when did add @rubber_jonnie dancing after a gun-foo victory?
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PaulJ wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:18 pm Nice job, when did add @rubber_jonnie dancing after a gun-foo victory?
About 5mins ago :) Needed something a bit more expressive... I also added another one which probably will come in useful shortly ;)
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PaulJ wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:18 pm
exxos wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:57 pm :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :girldance: :girldance: :girldance:
Nice job, when did add @rubber_jonnie dancing after a gun-foo victory?
@PaulJ Just mean. Like the girls at school. Mean Girls. :girldance: :girldance: :girldance:
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Great result!
So 3/3 for exxos...that will not be easy to beat (even allowing for them being part assembled).

Gives me more confidence that the biggest risk to my two is......me!

:lol: :roll:

Ah, was the other one added for @rubber_jonnie by any chance?
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JezC wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:33 pm Great result!
So 3/3 for exxos...that will not be easy to beat (even allowing for them being part assembled).

Gives me more confidence that the biggest risk to my two is......me!

:lol: :roll:

Ah, was the other one added for @rubber_jonnie by any chance?
:lol: :twisted:
Biggest risk for mine is me too!!

Because

:girldance:

Love the smooth movement. Very smooth.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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All my top building tips :

1) Machine does not boot if you have the jumper links next to the blitter in place, with the blitter plugged in!
2) The keyboard does not work if the ACIA is in backwards!
3) Machine locks up accessing the floppy drive because the DMA is not pushed in properly!
4) A faulty shifter chip means nothing works at all!
5) Don't forget to solder the flashy clock jumper otherwise machine probably won't boot!
6) Keyboard floppy LED does not work, make sure you do not have a bent pin on the floppy cable!

I can definitely say troubleshooting these boards is a order of magnitude quicker than trying to diagnose a original board!
https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/ All my hardware guides - mods - games - STOS
https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/store2/ - All my hardware mods for sale - Please help support by making a purchase.
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1585 Have you done the Mandatory Fixes ?
Just because a lot of people agree on something, doesn't make it a fact. ~exxos ~
People should find solutions to problems, not find problems with solutions.
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